Channel Islands Condors come home

The Channel Islands Condors on Saturday came back to their ancestral home in the field just northwest of CSU Channel Islands — at least temporarily.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Marc Silverman flies his miniature airplane in a competition next to pit crew member Gerard Palmer on Saturday during an aerobatic competition hosted by the Channel Island Condors at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR A craft airplane prepares to land Saturday during an aerobatic competition hosted by the Channel Island Condors at CSUCI.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Samantha Fitts and her children, Brittany Fitts, 9, and Nicholas Fitts, 12, watch the airplanes perform tricks Saturday at an aerobatic competition.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Charles Lewis (left) checks the throttle on his plane as pit crew member Jacob Schlaberg assists before Lewis’ flight Saturday during an aerobatic competition hosted by the Channel Island Condors at CSUCI in Camarillo.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Craft airplanes are lined up to fly as spectators watch the aerial competition Saturday hosted by the Channel Island Condors at CSUCI in Camarillo.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR Richard Hodgson, secretary of the Channel Islands Condors, shows an aresti, a diagram of flight patterns that pilots must perform for the competition Saturday.

DAVID YAMAMOTO/SPECIAL TO THE STAR A craft airplane prepares to land on the airfield Saturday during a competition hosted by the Channel Island Condors at CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo.